Toy.



UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

MASSACH USETTS.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 16, 1906.

Application led October 19, 1905. Serial No. 283,507-

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, HANS LraBREIcn and LLEwELLYN D. LoTnRoP, citizens ofthe United States, residingr at Gloucester, in the county of Essex andSta-te, of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Incprovements in rToys; and we do hereby declaro the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of' the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the. art to which it apw pertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to improvements in toys, and particularly to amomentum-actuated device.

One of the objects of the invention is the production of at-oy which iscomparatively inexpensive to construct and owing to its peculiaroperation is of great amusement and interest to the operator.

Another obj ct of the invention is thev production ot a toy which isgravity-actuated on its downward movement for obtaining suiii cientmomentum to reverse and travel upwardly iartly or entirely the distancewhich it traveled vin the rst inst ance.

A further object is the construction of a toy constituting anexercising` device'whereby the operator thereof will obtain materialbenefits resulting from exercising of his arms and other members of thebody.

A still further object of the invention is the construction of a toywhich is suspended from a liexible member-as, for instance, a cord-andowingr to its peculiar construction may be allowed to travel downwardthe length of the cord and then travel up the cord its entire length orpart of its length and subset uently repeat such movement.

Titli these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainother novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, aswill be hereinafter lrully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and more particularly pointed out in the claims heretoappended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of our preferreddevice constructed in accordance with the present invenrieu. Fig. 2 isatransverse vertical central scci tional view of the structure depictedin 1. Fig. 3 is a. side view of an embodiment similar to the embodimentdepicted in Figs. 1 and 2, except the spokesifwheel or toy are curvedand positioned tangentially to the hub.

Referring;r tn the drawings by numerals, 1 and 2 designar the sectionsofthe toy, which are connected, preferably, by a transverse pin 3. Eachsection is provided with a laterally-extending hub portion 3a, whichportion. is of greater diameter than said pin 3. Each section isprovided with substantially straight spokes 4 and with a comparativelythick rim 5. The rims 5 of the, device are of such size as tosullicieutly weight the device, so that the el'liciency of the operationwill be materially increased. In one of the sections, preferably l, anaperture 6 is formed in a spoke 4, through which aperture is threaded aflexible member-as, for instance, a cord 7.

The cord or string 7 is preferably wound around the hub et the devicebefore it. is released l'rom the hand of the operator. After the stringhas been wound arc und the pin or hub 3, Fig. 2, the operator shouldgrasp the free end of the cord 7 and release the device, which willimmediately move downward by gravitation. This downward movement willconsequent-ly unwind the. cord 7. As the cord 7 unwinds, owing to thcweighted structure of the devicc--to wit, the rims 5-the momentum of thedevice will increase until the device has traveled the entire length ofthe cord, and then the momentum will be sufficient to reverse themovement of the device to cause the same to travel upward, finding thecord upon the pin 3. Vhile the upward movement of the toy need not besuiicient to normally wind all of the cord. upon the pin or hub portion3, if a slight upward jerk or the cord 7 is made at the time the cordhas completely unwound the momentum of the device will then besufficient to travel upward to the hand of the operator, andconsequently rewind all the cord upon the hub or pin 3. From practicalexperience it has been found that this rewinding of the cord can becoutinued for a long period, if desired. However, if the operator onlysuspends the toy without endeavoring to completely rewind the cord uponthe pin or hub 3 the weight of the toy is suflicient to cause areciprocating vertical movement of the same severai times before themomentum of the device is overcome by `qravitatiom although of course itis gravity that primarily actuates the device IOO on. its downu-nrdmovement, hy which it 'f her threaded through said aperture and cagainsst :jiieient momentum movement of sind toy, (musing the sinne to toreverse. the

rewind port or :ill oll the cord :il'ter it liasl traveled downward theentire length of the` j cord tions, :is :it (i, :ind threading :he cordthrough pablo of heiner wound or coiled around Said transverse.ineniher.

'2. In :i device of the. character described, the. coinhiuution ofseetioiis, euch sect-ion comprisingr :i huh portion, spokes integral mito the. :iperturnig of one of the secthis :ipenured portion, thecord eenhe wound c-:nried hy the huh portions and hxedly seevenhv upon the pinor huh oi the device which would not he the ease if the eord was tied tothe huh hetween the sections.

In the embodiment depicted in Fig. :3 subf staintiziily the sinne str",nre is involved :is

in the einhodiineut depicted in Figs. l :ind 2,

with. tite exception that each of the sections are pro-vided with thecurved spokes Alf,

4 which terminate :it their outer end ii. a spherical portion S, whichis not only formed for g ornamental purposes, but also to provide the.device with inore weight for increasing g the. etteieney of theoperation, as it wilt he obvious that the heavier the sections thegreater the momentum obtained dnilng the downward travel or unwinding ofthe coiled vided with :in aperture. formed there-iii coittiguous tothehub portion, a transverse nienz ber positioned within sind huh portionslfind connecting sind sections, and a, flexible nien;-

wir h seid huh port ion, one ol` siiid spokes pro- `vided willi unaperture, :i tire or rim integrati with the outer ends` oi' sind spokes,meains curing the seiztions together, :i lexihle ineinher threadedthrough said :iperturedspoke and adapted to he coiled between saidseotions.

3. In :1 device of the. character described, the. eomhiuiition ofsections, each section comprising ii huh portion, spokes integral withthe inner ends of each of said huh portions, :i piu extending throughsind huh portions, said pin of less diameter than said hub portions,seid huh portions extending?r laterally from the spokes and constitutingreinforcingr means, wei ghted tires er rims integral 'ith the outer endsof said spokes, one of said spokes provided with an aperture. formedtherein contiguous to the huh portion, sind :i flexible nieinhcrthreaded through said aperture. und capable of being coiled around saidpin.

In testimony whereof we :iflix our signa.- tures iii presence of twowitnesses.

HANS LIEBR'EICII. LLEWELLYN D. LOTIIROI.

IVit nesses: FRANK IV. Lorimor, juiifueo DAY.

